tDCS does not enhance the effects of robot-assisted gait training in patients with subacute stroke.

Journal: Restorative neurology and neuroscience
Published Date: Jan 1, 2017

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a non-invasive brain stimulation technique, which can modulate cortical excitability and combined with rehabilitation therapies may improve motor recovery after stroke.

Authors

  • Daniel Leon
    Fundación Institut Guttmann, Institut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació adscrit a la UAB, Badalona -Barcelona, Spain.
  • Mar Cortes
    Human Spinal Cord Injury Laboratory, Burke Medical Research Institute, White Plains, NY, USA.
  • Jessica Elder
    Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
  • Hatice Kumru
    Fundación Institut Guttmann, Institut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació adscrit a la UAB, Badalona -Barcelona, Spain.
  • Sara Laxe
    Fundación Institut Guttmann, Institut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació adscrit a la UAB, Badalona -Barcelona, Spain.
  • Dylan James Edwards
    Brain Stimulation and Robotics Laboratory, Burke Medical Research Institute, White Plains, NY, USA.
  • Josep Maria Tormos
    Fundación Institut Guttmann, Institut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació adscrit a la UAB, Badalona -Barcelona, Spain.
  • Montserrat Bernabeu
    Fundación Institut Guttmann, Institut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació adscrit a la UAB, Badalona -Barcelona, Spain.
  • Alvaro Pascual-Leone
    Linus Health, Boston, MA, United States.

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